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Sep 3, 1492
Christoher Columbus
Landed in Cuba . He took 3 ships with him which were the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria. He found Native Americans and new goods such as tobacco and corn. When sailing back the Santa Maria had a shipwreck on Christmas night. -
Sep 3, 1497
Henry VII
Henry sponsired an expedition, that was led by John Cabot, to the New World. -
Sep 3, 1513
Juan Ponce de Leon
Landed in Florida. He traveled his ways there to look for the fountain of youth but instead founded the oldest settlement in Puerto Rico and discovered Forida. -
Apr 20, 1534
Jacques Cartier
Jacques sailed from Saint-Malo on April 20,1534 with two ships and 61 men and reached North America 20 days later. He travaled along the west coast of Newfoundland and discovered Prince Edward Island. -
Sep 30, 1539
Hernando de Soto
He landed in Florida with over 600 men. he explored the southeast region of North America for Spain looking for gold. -
Sep 3, 1549
Tristan de Luna
Landed in Florida. He launched a massive colonial venture with 1,500 Mexican soliders sailed to Pensacola Bay from Vera Cruz, a hurricane destoryed their ships and shorten there supplies. -
Sep 3, 1578
Queen Elizabeht
The Queen granted authorization for Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh to go to America. -
George Peckham
Francis Drake, and Martin Frobisher are well-known English navigators. They helped Peckham's book of poems about Sir Humphrey Gilbert's expedition. -
Richard Hakluyt
Hakluyt was an English writer and scholar who wrote about accounts of European voyages in "Divers Voyages" and "Principal Navigations". -
Gilbert and Raleigh
Gilbert took two ships and found Newfoundland but couldn't make military posts like he wanted. Raleigh went a year later and named Virginia after Queen Elizabeth. In 1585, he went to the Chesapeake Bay for his second trip. By the 17th century, the English had colonialized most of North America. -
Abraham Cabeliau
The first Dutch expedition to the coast of Gugena in 1598 by Abraham Cabeliau. -
Henry Hudson
Hudsons first voyage started west from England. -
Samuel De Champlain
Samuel De Champlain was an explorer that was credited as the founder of Quebec in 1608. -
Dutch East India Company
Dutch East India Company financed English sailor Henry Hudson in 1609 for search for northwest passage. -
Abel Tasmen
Abel tasmen found New Zealand in 1642. -
Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet
Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet are the first Europeans to explore and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River with five men and two birchback canoes in 1673. Marquettes journal of the voyage was published in 1681. -
Jacques Marquette
Jacques Marquette died at the mouth of a river named Perre Marquette in his honor while on his way to St.Ignace.
